UK Touts Its Cybersecurity Cred
Wall Street Journal
The government soon established the Office of Cyber Security & Information Assurance, which Mr. Maude now heads. But with no new funding, the effort floundered until last October, when the government of Prime Minister David Cameron designated ...

Nations Sharing Information To Enhance Cyber Security
Bernama
Thus, the Global Cyber Security Alliance (GCSA) announced by the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation Datuk Seri Dr Maximus Ongkili on 23 Aug, 2011 is a step in the right direction in bolstering cyber security through greater outreach. ...

Britain Beefing Up Cyber Security Measures
Backup Technology
“Cyberspace is going to be one of the great challenges of our day” according to Iain Lobban, director of the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ). Lobban maintains that cyber attacks pose a serious economic threat. This has certainly rung true ...

Cyber Security meet in London.. Mr Sachin Pilot to attend
Blogger News Network (blog)
by naavi in All News, India News Not long ago, in June this year a delegation of DIT officials and Justice Rajesh Tandon, the Chair Person of Cyber Appellate Tribunal attended an international Cyber Security Summit in London. ...

House Dem: Senate cybersecurity bill could spur House to act
The Hill (blog)
By Gautham Nagesh - 10/30/11 04:33 PM ET Despite the apparent divide between the two chambers on the details of comprehensive cybersecurity legislation the passage of a Senate bill would put pressure on the House to act, according to Rep. ...

China a minimal cyber security threat: Paper
Computerworld Australia
Despite growing concern about China's cyber-warfare capabilities, Australia and other Western nations have little to worry about when it comes to their national security. That's the view of Desmond Ball, a professor in the Strategic and Defence Studies ...

US Critical Infrastructure Weathers Cyber-Assaults
eWEEK Europe UK
The number of cyber-attacks on financial systems, transportation and other networks is growing, Secretary Janet Napolitano said at a 28 October event on cyber-security in Washington, DC hosted by The Washington Post. When asked how many attacks may ...

Cyber security for parents
Melbourne Weekly Bayside
THE Australian Communications and Media Authority will present a seminar on internet safety for parents. ACMA senior cybersafety trainer Greg Gebhart will discuss cyberbullying, identity theft and inappropriate content at Sandringham Uniting Church in ...

Hackers already on top: cyber cop
The Canberra Times
BY STEPHANIE ANDERSON Hackers are already inside the country's computer networks and thinking they can be kept out is naive, according to cyber security advocate Tim Scully. The StratSec chief executive and head of cyber security at BAE Systems ...

Facebook intends to extend security features
The H
This figure is part of a security infographic Facebook released on the occasion of "NationalCybersecurity Awareness Month", a few days ago, to illustrate how seriously the company is taking the security of its users. However, a total of approximately ...

TU Students win Cyber Challenge
Towerlight
“We were not expecting to win going into it,” junior cyber security major and captain of the most recent cyber security defense team, Andrea Mobley, said in an email. “Our team had never done what we were being asked to do in a competition environment ...

College notes from the Coastal Bend: 10.31.11
Corpus Christi Caller Times
Teams from Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi took home first and third place at the PanoplyCyber Security Competition on Oct. 15 at the University of Texas at San Antonio. Brad Hannah, Jose Chica, Andrew Lopez, Sean Sandoval, Esteban Campos, ...

Hackers Press the 'Schmooze' Button
Wall Street Journal
Mr. Patten, a 35-year-old cybersecurity expert who was with the US Air Force before he started working for a consulting firm in Kansas City, Mo., didn't actually use or sell the data, which he gathered in running a test for the investment firm of its ...

`Control system in box` demonstrates security flaws
Drives & Controls
The Canadian industrial cyber-security specialist Byres Security has released a product that demonstrates the vulnerability of Scada and PLC components to security failures, and can test new solutions. The Tofino Scada Security Simulator (TSSS), ...

On defense around the clock, team tackles online attackers
San Antonio Express
Senior Security Analyst Joshua Stevens (left) works in the cyber security unit at USAA in San Antonio on Friday, Oct. 21, 2011. At all times, San Antonio-based USAA is at war. For the financial institution, security is a priority, with about 350 ...

Over half a million Facebook logins 'are hackers'
BCS
A post on the firm's blog said that the changes to security coincided with National CybersecurityAwareness Month, which aims to educate internet users about ways of keeping information safe online. 'Security and safety are at the core of Facebook. ...

No Company Is Too Big To Be Breached
IT Business Edge (blog)
I'm thrilled that CNN put it front and center on its page, too, because, in the spirit of CybersecurityAwareness Month, the more people made aware that these breaches are happening, the better. Maybe then both business and individuals will think a ...

Boeing Unveils Cyber Effort
DefenseNews.com (subscription)
By ZACHARY FRYER-BIGGS Long quiet about its cybersecurity capabilities and business, Boeing is starting to get more vocal about one of the few defense sectors expected to grow in the upcoming budget crunch. The public push into cyber comes in the form ...

Facebook's cyber-security system checks 650000 actions every ...
By admin
Facebook's cyber-security system processes and checks 650000 actions every second to keep its users safe from spam and cyber-attacks on the social network. This fact is one of a number of details that the company has released about the ...
Techno-News Blog

European Smart Grid Cyber Security and Privacy, November 14-15 ...
By amir
European Smart Grid Cyber Security and Privacy, November 14-15. About the conference: We are on the threshold of an energy revolution that will give low-carbon energy technologies a crucial role. Energy efficiency, many types of ...
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U.K. Touts Its Cybersecurity Cred | www.bullfax.com
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Protecting critical infrastructure is at the core of cybersecurity," Hans-Peter Friedrich said in Bonn. "We are forced to admit that the danger of attacks on these systems is growing."Germany's new centre in the former West German capital Bonn ...
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Most Businesses Make You Vulnerable to Credit Card Fraud, ID ...
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“This includes establishing clear policies and standards for information use, explicitly assigning cyber security management responsibility to a member of the senior management team, providing cyber security awareness training and education to all information users, and ensuring that IT personnel are... The alarming results in the study first came to my attention after reading Small Businesses Don't Take Cybersecurity Seriously, which was mentioned in Dr. Stahl's security blog. ...
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